Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing persuaded Sea Dragon Douluo and the others to honor Poseidon’s courage while rejecting the Sea God’s actions, and set plans for Sea God Island to become an ocean museum. In Seahorse City, he met Ouyang Sun, recognized his unusual Twin Martial Souls, and told him he would need to attend school before Zhou Qing would consider taking him as a disciple.

• Zhou Qing told Sea Dragon Douluo that Poseidon’s human courage deserved respect, but the Sea God had gone astray, and Sea Dragon Douluo broke down in tears.
• Zhou Qing ordered the merfolk to return, reassigned the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan to the Ice Sea, and said Sea Princess Nicole would stay and welcome visitors to a future ocean museum.
• Zhou Qing proposed that Sea God Island’s believers be treated equally and that the museum tell both of Poseidon’s conquest of the sea and the Sea God’s defeat; Sea Dragon Douluo and the others tacitly accepted.
• After returning to Seahorse City, Zhou Qing met Riko and the blond boy Ouyang Sun, then identified his Twin Martial Souls, rank-thirty-eight Soul Power, and Star Toad’s connection to his emotions.
• Zhou Qing declined to take Ouyang Sun as a disciple immediately and said he should first study at Hope Primary School in Holy Soul Village and then attend Nuoding Academy.

Zhou Qing and Ariel set plans for powerful Sea Soul Beasts to restore the ocean’s balance, then Zhou Qing returned inland with Ouyang Sun. Half a year later, news of the Sea God’s death and a celebration at the Clear Sky Sect had spread across the continent.

• Zhou Qing, Ariel, and the Sea Soul Beast leaders agreed that the Deep Sea Demonic Whales and Evil Orcas would restrain Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beasts that preyed on weaker races, while sparing others when possible.
• Zhou Qing gave the Deep Sea Demonic Whales and Evil Orca King a cultivation method to help them evade the Heavenly Tribulation and promised they could eventually come ashore to cultivate with him.
• Riko and the Rabbit Girl left for Tianming City, while Purple Pearl declined Bibi Dong’s invitation and resumed leading her adventurer group.
• Zhou Qing and Romantina left Vast Sea City with Ouyang Sun and brought him to Holy Soul Village, where Timidit took him in and Zhou Qing enrolled him at Hope Primary School.
• After half a year, news spread that a human had slain the Sea God, though most people dismissed the story, and word also spread of a joyful occasion at the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Chen and Bo Saixi celebrated their wedding while Nuoding Academy held final exams and prepared to select teams for the next Continental Elite Tournament. After the students received their results, Mo Hen explained why they could freely form teams across year levels and urged them to prepare for life beyond the academy.

• Tang Chen married Bo Saixi in a joyful ceremony attended by the Clear Sky Sect, though Spirit Hall sent only gifts and the Red Assembly sent no one.
• Ma Hongjun passed his written exams with scores in the sixties, and Mo Hen praised his progress despite his last-place result.
• Mo Hen warned Oscar that his scores were only slightly better than Ma Hongjun's and told the students they had two days to form teams before selection began.
• Dai Mubai asked whether students could truly form teams freely, and Mo Hen explained that Nuoding Academy would not treat them as bargaining chips for teachers' reputations.
• Mo Hen urged the students to work with people of different ages and beliefs, not underestimate weaker students or fear stronger ones, and keep their full strength hidden.

Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun recruited Huyan Li and searched for the rest of their tournament team, while Qingzhu Zhu, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran assembled a rival group. The two sides formed their teams and prepared to register, leaving the tournament matchups ahead.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun debated team roles and recruited Huyan Li, who agreed to serve as vice-captain after testing Dai Mubai's strength.
• Huyan Li nearly left after learning Dai Mubai had a conflict with Qingzhu Zhu, but accepted his explanation about their family engagement and offered to introduce three more candidates.
• Qingzhu Zhu, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran chose Arthur, Baili, Li Yao, and Ouyang Sun as their teammates.
• The team members discussed Li Yao's saber and Ouyang Sun's unusual traits before Qingzhu Zhu proposed that they register at the Academic Affairs Office.

Qingzhu Zhu’s group registered as Team 33 for Nuoding Academy’s Battle Tournament, with Qingzhu Zhu as captain. Two days later, the 56-team knockout tournament began with Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and others serving as officials.

• The group discussed Ouyang Sun’s unusual Twin Martial Souls and arrived at the Academic Affairs Office to register for the tournament.
• Qingzhu Zhu accepted the captaincy, and the teacher gave her Team 33’s participation token.
• After leaving the office, Qingzhu Zhu exchanged taunts with Dai Mubai and led her team away to prepare together.
• Dai Mubai went inside to register with Huyan Li and the others despite his doubts about competing.
• Two days later, Nuoding Academy’s Battle Tournament began, and the academy dean and Zhou Qing’s group addressed the students.

Nuoding Academy opened its Battle Tournament in Nuoding City, where the Dean explained the rules and Ma Xiunuo drew the first-round matches. As the tournament began, Ma Xiunuo praised the Red Assembly’s work and wondered whether he would live to see it bring the continent its blessing.

• Zhou Qing led the teams to the city stadium, where Mo Hen and Bu Yi explained the Red Assembly’s ideals and its reasons for taking part in the Continental Elite Tournament.
• Bu Yi hinted that the rumor about Zhou Qing killing a deity on Sea God Island might be true, though she did not confirm it outright.
• The Nuoding Academy Dean outlined the tournament’s seven rounds and rules, then invited Ma Xiunuo to draw the first-round matches.
• Ma Xiunuo completed the draw, greeted Zhou Qing, and expressed hope that he would live to witness the Red Assembly’s blessing to the continent.
• Zhou Qing assured Ma Xiunuo that he would see that day.

As Nuoding Academy’s Battle Tournament showcased a new combat-role system, Li Ai devised a scheme to use manipulated tax collections to provoke a war against the Red Assembly. The chapter ended as the captains of Team Thirty-Three and Team Thirty-Four prepared to reorganize their teams for the decisive seventh round.

• Tang San asked Zhou Qing about promising students, and they discussed the Red Assembly’s need for mobile combatants and the importance of shared beliefs.
• Xiao Wu praised Ouyang Sun’s fighting ability, while Tang San and Zhou Qing reflected on his past and the wounds that might shape him.
• Nuoding Academy’s teams demonstrated flexible combat roles throughout the tournament, impressing observers as the first six rounds eliminated teams.
• Li Ai received an imperial order to impose a steep per-person tax and planned to collect less than required, blame the Red Assembly, and create a pretext for war.
• Zhou Qing announced that Team Thirty-Three and Team Thirty-Four could reorganize into seven-person groups, and spectators speculated about whom their captains would choose.

Dai Mubai failed to persuade Qingzhu Zhu to reorganize their teams, then apologized and helped Team Thirty-Four prepare for the seventh-round match against Team Thirty-Three. As both sides set their tactics, Zhou Qing noticed an unusual change in Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Martial Soul.

• Dai Mubai asked Qingzhu Zhu to team up with him, but she refused to abandon the companions who had reached the finals with her, and both teams chose to remain unchanged.
• Zhou Qing announced the seventh-round selection match and reminded both teams that they were all members of Nuoding Team.
• Dai Mubai apologized to Ma Hongjun and proposed targeting Li Yao, whose low damage and showy fighting style could make him vulnerable.
• Qingzhu Zhu assigned Li Yao to support, Arthur and Meng Yiran to wear down opponents, Ning Rongrong to support, and Baili to act as an assassin.
• Qingzhu Zhu said she would fight as a mage and try using a Self Martial Soul Combination Skill as her Dark Attribute and Soul Power control developed.

Qingzhu Zhu planned to use the final round to showcase her team’s abilities, and Ouyang Sun agreed to use his Star Toad to control enemies and fight as a warrior. The match began with Team Thirty-Four targeting Ouyang Sun, while Arthur and Li Yao clashed with Huyan Li and Tuoba Wang.

• Qingzhu Zhu reviewed Ouyang Sun’s Star Toad and Heart Ape abilities and explained why the team preferred he avoid fully possessing the Heart Ape.
• Ouyang Sun agreed to control the opposing team with his Star Toad while also helping wear them down as a warrior.
• Dai Mubai began the battle by possessing his White Tiger Martial Soul and charging at Ouyang Sun, while the other fighters engaged their assigned opponents.
• Oscar stayed out of the main fighting after distributing Soul Skill foods, as the narration explained the limited role of Food System Soul Masters in combat tournaments.
• Huyan Li sent Arthur flying during their first clash, but Arthur got back up and resolved to keep improving.
• Arthur and Li Yao charged Huyan Li and Tuoba Wang together, while Li Yao loudly boasted about his swordsmanship.

Li Yao used his agile swordsmanship and taunts to disrupt the opposing team, helping Meng Yiran wound Xiang Ba while drawing Tuoba Wang away. As the team fight continued, Ning Rongrong buffed Arthur and Meng Yiran recovered with Oscar’s sausages before confronting Ma Hongjun.

• Li Yao used his recoil-based movement to evade Tuoba Wang and then rushed to interfere with Xiang Ba and Ma Hongjun as they attacked Meng Yiran.
• Li Yao’s attack forced Xiang Ba to dodge, allowing Meng Yiran to strike him with her Serpent Cane and leave him unable to fight.
• Li Yao taunted Tuoba Wang and drew his pursuit, while Oscar recognized that Li Yao was serving as support by creating openings for his teammates.
• Li Yao charged at Oscar, intending to knock out the clever Food System Soul Master.
• Ning Rongrong stopped buffing Meng Yiran and moved near Arthur to strengthen him for his fight with Huyan Li.
• Meng Yiran took Oscar’s recovery and excitement sausages from Xiang Ba, consumed them, and faced Ma Hongjun with restored strength and increased attributes.

Dai Mubai and his allies fought to eliminate the opposing team, but Ouyang Sun’s Star Toad and Huyan Li’s strength made the battle difficult. After Ouyang Sun revealed his Heart Ape Martial Soul, he endured Huyan Li’s crushing attack without moving, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ouyang Sun’s Star Toad struck Dai Mubai and sent him nearly out of the arena, so Dai Mubai recovered with Oscar’s sausage and teamed up with Tuoba Wang against Li Yao.
• Li Yao voluntarily left the arena to avoid Dai Mubai and Tuoba Wang, while Qingzhu Zhu sent Tuoba Wang toward the edge and Baili knocked him out of the arena with an arrow.
• Ouyang Sun’s Star Toad blinded Huyan Li with a gale, allowing Arthur to ram him with a shield, but Huyan Li recovered and sent Arthur flying out of the arena.
• Tang San treated Arthur’s severe injuries, while Ouyang Sun transformed through his Heart Ape Martial Soul and the Star Toad fled from him.
• Huyan Li struck Ouyang Sun with Death Crush, shattering the arena floor, but Ouyang Sun remained unharmed and taunted him.

Ouyang Sun overwhelmed Huyan Li, while Qingzhu Zhu revealed her Martial Soul Self-Combination Skill and defeated Feng Feng. With Team Thirty-Four reduced to Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, Ma Hongjun prepared a powerful fire attack against Team Thirty-Three.

• Ouyang Sun crushed Dai Mubai's White Tiger Blazing Light Wave and threw Huyan Li out of the arena, while Zhou Qing told Tang San that Ouyang Sun was learning to control his power.
• Qingzhu Zhu charged into Feng Feng's Extreme Wind Meteor Kill and used Netherworld Shadow Domain to break his attack, sending him out of the arena.
• Meng Yiran fed Qingzhu Zhu Oscar's recovery sausages as Qingzhu Zhu explained that she had shown her full strength to help the referees plan targeted training.
• Oscar made two Crystal Spirit Sausages for Ma Hongjun, then left the arena as Ma Hongjun prepared a large-scale ultimate move.
• Ma Hongjun used Oscar's sausages to recover and boost his attributes before activating Flame Surge, raising his fire-attribute energy by sixty percent.

During the arena battle, Ouyang Sun effortlessly withstood Ma Hongjun’s black flames and defeated both him and Dai Mubai. Humiliated and badly injured, Dai Mubai unleashed a startling transformation that shocked Yu Xiaogang and the other spectators.

• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Fire Nirvana and Explosive Phoenix to attack Ouyang Sun, but the blast knocked several teammates out of the fight.
• Ouyang Sun seized Ma Hongjun by the throat, then released him and threw him out of the arena after Star Toad reminded him that Zhou Qing was watching.
• Dai Mubai struck Ouyang Sun with his White Tiger Blazing Light Wave, but Ouyang Sun slammed him into the ground and mocked him.
• Dai Mubai forced himself to his feet, reset his shoulders, and released a vast surge of Soul Power that transformed his body.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Dai Mubai’s transformation as a true legend of the Star Luo Empire and wondered how it had enabled the White Tiger Lineage to rule.

Yu Xiaogang revealed that the White Tiger Clan’s unusual power came from an ancient contract with the god-level Evil Eye Holy King, whose divine soul had been hidden in the Dai bloodline. Dai Mubai’s martial soul took control of him and unleashed the Evil Eye Holy King’s power during his fight with Ouyang Sun, leaving the battle still underway.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that an ancient White Tiger Clan ancestor contracted with a super Soul Beast called the Evil Eye Holy King and gained heterochromatic eyes and immense power.
• Zhou Qing explained to Tang San and the others that the Evil Eye Holy King was a Divine Beast whose surviving soul had entered the Dai bloodline and was seeking a suitable vessel to resurrect.
• Zhou Qing reasoned that Dai Mubai’s cultivation, his injury from Ouyang Sun, and his close connection with his martial soul had awakened the Evil Eye Holy King’s soul.
• Dai Mubai used his sudden power to slam Ouyang Sun into the ground and taunt him, but the Star Toad struck Dai Mubai’s kidney and made him release Ouyang Sun.

Ouyang Sun defeated Dai Mubai in the tournament after Dai Mubai awakened the Evil Eye Holy King’s power, but lost control and nearly killed him before Zhou Qing intervened. Zhou Qing then led the students and teachers to Holy Soul Village for holiday training, where he explained his plans to study the stars and revealed that people could cultivate Soul Power without Martial Souls.

• Ouyang Sun and Dai Mubai fought evenly at first, but Dai Mubai’s Evil Eye Holy King form let him unleash a powerful barrage while Ouyang Sun’s Star Toad was too busy dodging to replenish his strength.
• Dai Mubai gathered immense energy through White Tiger Adamant Transformation, while Ouyang Sun integrated the Heart Ape and Star Toad Martial Souls and used Stacked Wave Force to withstand the attack.
• Dai Mubai’s power faded, and Ouyang Sun struck him down before nearly delivering a finishing blow; Zhou Qing stopped Ouyang Sun, and the judges awarded the match to Team Thirty-Four because Ouyang Sun had broken the rules.
• Zhou Qing announced that the Nuoding Team would face another selection next year, then took the students and several teachers to Holy Soul Village for holiday training.
• On the way, Zhou Qing discussed inertia and Star Gazing with the group, then explained that Broadcast Gymnastics could cultivate Soul Power without a Martial Soul and brought everyone to Holy Soul Village using Cloud Riding and Mist Traveling.

Zhou Qing brought Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the others to Holy Soul Village and explained how the Red Assembly combined cultivation, physical training, work, and enjoyment. He left Yu Xiaogang shaken by the Assembly’s aim to give ordinary people the power to resist, while Flender and Lu Qibin felt echoes of their own youthful dreams.

• Zhou Qing used Cosmic Shift to take the group from outside Nuoding City to Holy Soul Village, where they obtained temporary Identity Cards.
• Zhou Qing and the others met Red Scarf Children selling newspapers, and Flender and Qingzhu Zhu bought copies.
• Zhou Qing explained how songs, varied exercise, and coordinated breathing made cultivation more engaging and could cultivate Soul Power during physical activity.
• Zhou Qing told Yu Xiaogang that the Red Assembly sought fair opportunities and the ability for common people to resist those who threatened its new society.
• Yu Xiaogang privately regarded the Red Assembly as wise madmen, while Flender and Lu Qibin recognized in Zhou Qing a version of their younger selves.

Zhou Qing invited Lu Qibin to help study the movements of the stars and argued that their world was a sphere. Lu Qibin revealed that his Star Crown Sect past made it difficult for him to look at the starry sky, then began explaining how he had joined the sect as a child.

• Zhou Qing led the students to the rental district, paid their holiday rent and water bills, and took Lu Qibin to his home.
• Zhou Qing explained that he had invited Lu Qibin to observe the sun, moon, and stars and determine how their world moved.
• Zhou Qing told Lu Qibin that Douluo Continent and the surrounding lands formed a sphere, and Lu Qibin struggled to accept the claim.
• Lu Qibin admitted that he could not look directly at the starry sky and said Zhou Qing reminded him of a woman from his past.
• Lu Qibin recounted awakening Star Luo Chess at age six and joining the Star Crown Sect because he had Innate Soul Power.

Lu Qibin told Zhou Qing about his childhood at the Star Crown Sect and his admiration for Li Yang, an exceptionally talented classmate. When Lu Qibin recalled being punished for praising her over the sect’s direct line, he described how Li Yang warned him to avoid challenging the sect’s taboos.

• Lu Qibin recalled joining the Star Crown Sect at six and meeting Li Yang, a commoner girl with Innate Full Soul Power.
• At twelve, Lu Qibin admired Li Yang’s level twenty-seven Soul Power and considered confessing to her, but lacked the courage.
• During their graduation gathering, Lu Qibin said Li Yang would surpass even the future sect leader, and the academy fell silent.
• The instructor punished Lu Qibin by striking his palm with a Soul Power-infused ruler and forced him to retract his remark.
• Li Yang quietly warned Lu Qibin that people without the Star Crown Martial Soul should not speak carelessly about the sect’s direct line, and the older Lu Qibin later understood her insight.

Li Yang struggled with the Star Crown Sect’s rules and her ambitions after witnessing Lu Qibin’s punishment, then found comfort in studying the stars. She resolved to pursue her own research into celestial movements despite the sect’s instruction to focus only on cultivation.

• After the instructor left, Lu Qibin apologized to Li Yang for speaking carelessly, and she told him to be more careful next time.
• Li Yang privately criticized Lu Qibin, then questioned whether an external-line disciple could ever challenge the authority of the Star Crown Sect’s direct line.
• Li Yang returned to her village at night and found calm in watching the stars and recording their positions.
• Li Yang recalled that the sect discouraged students from studying irregular celestial trajectories and restricted discussion of the legend about perfecting the universe’s star movements.
• Li Yang decided she wanted to understand the true order of the stars because studying them brought her genuine comfort and joy.

Li Yang returned to her village after parting from Lu Qibin and promised her family a better life once she joined the Star Crown Sect. After the village chief asked her to pick up Smith, a relative imprisoned by the sect, questions about her family and the world kept her awake; she set out for the Southern Mountain Range the next day.

• Lu Qibin told Zhou Qing that Li Yang’s wisdom and thirst for knowledge, rather than her talent, had set them on different paths.
• Li Yang returned home, shared a meal with her family, and said she hoped to bring them to live near the sect and free them from hard labor.
• The village chief asked Li Yang to pick up Smith, a distant maternal relative imprisoned by the Star Crown Sect for studying heretical theories and disrupting the sect.
• Li Yang struggled to sleep, questioned her family obligations and the patterns of the stars, and blamed the village chief for disturbing her peace of mind.
• Li Yang told her family she was leaving and set out for the Southern Mountain Range to pick up Smith.